Archive for the ‘John Cennick’ Tag
Above: Family Dining Room, 1921-1922
Image Source = Library of Congress
Reproduction Number = LC-DIG-npcc-30489
Hymn Source = Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church (Unitas Fratrum) (1923), Moravian Church in America
Text (1740) by John Cennick (1718-1755)
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Be present at our table, Lord;
Be here and everywhere adored;
From Thy all-bounteous hand our food
May we receive with gratitude.
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We humbly thank Thee, Lord our God,
For all Thy gifts on us bestowed;
And pray Thee, graciously to grant
The food which day by day we want.
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Above: Dusk
Image in the Public Domain
Hymn Source = Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church (Unitas Fratrum) (1923), Moravian Church in America
Text by John Cennick (1718-1755)
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Ere I sleep, for every favor
Which my God hath bestowed,
I will bless my Saviour;
O my Lord, what shall I render
Unto Thee? Thou shalt be
This night my Defender.
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Thou, my Rock, my Strength, and Tower,
While I sleep, deign to keep,
Watch from hour to hour;
Visit me with Thy salvation;
Be Thou near, that Thy care
Guard my habitation.
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Leave me not, but ever love me;
Let Thy peace by my bliss,
Till Thou hence remove me;
Then, aroused from peaceful slumber,
Let me rise with the wise,
Counted in their number.
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Above: Dark Night
Image in the Public Domain
Hymn Source = Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church (Unitas Fratrum) (1923), Moravian Church in America
Text by John Cennick (1718-1755)
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No farther go to-night, but stay,
Dear Savior, till the break of day;
Abide, my Lord, with me:
And in the morning when I wake,
Me under Thy protection take;
Thus day and night I spend with Thee.
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Above: Dawn, Crater Lake National Park
Image in the Public Domain
Hymn Source = Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church (Unitas Fratrum) (1923), Moravian Church in America
Text (1740, 1742) by John Cennick (1718-1755)
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Rise, my soul, adore thy Maker;
Angels praise; join thy lays,
Within them be partaker:
Father, Lord of every spirit,
In Thy might, lead me right,
Through my Saviour’s merit.
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O my God, be ever near me,
For Thy rest, for Thy feast,
More and more prepare me.
Still assure me of my calling,
Kept by Thee, let me be
Saved from final falling.
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Thou this night wast my Protector;
With me stay, all the day,
Ever my Director.
Holy, holy, holy Giver
Of all good, life and food,
Reign adored for ever.
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Above: St. Peter and St. Paul Episcopal Church, Marietta, Georgia, August 15, 2017
Photographer = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
Hymn Source = Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church (Unitas Fratrum) (1923), Moravian Church in America
Text (1740) by John Cennick (1718-1755)
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Be with me, Lord, where’er I go,
Teach me what wouldst have me do;
Suggest whate’r I think or say,
Direct me in the narrow way.
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Prevent me lest I harbor pride,
Lest I in my own strength confide;
Show me in my weakness, let me see
I have my power, my all, from Thee.
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Enrich me always with Thy love,
My kind Protector ever prove:
Lord, put Thy seal upon my breast,
And let Thy Spirit on me rest.
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Assist and teach me how to pray,
Incline my nature to obey;
What Thou abhorest, let me flee,
And only love what pleaseth Thee.
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O may I never do my will,
But Thine, and only Thine, fulfill;
Let all my time and all my ways,
Be spent and ended to Thy praise.
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Above: Alpha and Omega
Image in the Public Domain
Hymn Source = Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church (Unitas Fratrum) (1923), Moravian Church in America
Words (1741) by John Cennick (1718-1755)
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Hail, Alpha and Omega, hail,
Thou Author of our faith,
The Finisher of all our hopes,
The Truth, the Life, the Path.
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Hail, First and Last, Thou great I AM,
In whom we live and move;
Increase our little spark of faith,
And fill our hearts with love.
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O, let that faith which Thou hast taught,
Be treasured in our breast;
The evidence of unseen joys,
The substance of our rest.
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Then shall we go from strength to strength,
From grace to greater grace;
From each degree of faith to more,
Till we behold Thy face.
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Above: Logo of the Moravian Church
Scan by Kenneth Randolph Taylor
Hymn Source = Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church (Unitas Fratrum) (1923), Moravian Church in America
Words by John Cennick (1718-1755)
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Lamb of God beloved,
Once for sinners slain,
Thankful we remember
What Thou didst sustain;
Nothing Thee incited
But unbounded grace,
To bear condemnation
In the sinner’s place.
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I with sacred sorrow
View Mount Calvary;
But my soul rejoces
O’er Thy death for me;
Since Thou by Thy passion
Didst for me atone,
Take me as an offering,
Thine I’ll be alone.
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In Thy wounds, O Jesus,
I have found true peace;
Thou in all distresses
Art my hiding-place;
Unto Thee I’ll ever
Look with humble faith,
And rejoice, and glory
In Thy wounds and death.
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I unworthy sinner
Lie before Thy throne;
Though I scarce am able
To express, I own,
All my wants, dear Saviour,
Yet Thou know’st them well;
Now in me the counsel
Of Thy love fulfill.
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GATHERED PRAYERS 
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